North Gem District operates 3 public schools serving 138 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Idaho. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 other, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 150 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Caribou County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,382 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 22.5% local, 68.2% state, and 9.3% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $107,634 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
a 100:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
North Gem Elementary accounts for 54.7% of all North Gem District student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means North Gem District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
North Gem District school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
North Gem District school enrollment ranges from 26 students (lowest) to 82 students (highest), a spread of 56 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio — most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
North Gem District student-counselor ratio is 100:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment — districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.